NIAID awards major malaria vaccine research contract
... project support and assistance with vaccine pilot lot production. SAIC project director William Bancroft, M.D., and colleagues will provide project management, and academic and industry scientists will work together using production facilities that are mainly available in the private sector. NIAID wil...More protests against abortion pill
...drug has so many uses that the company "will get a lot of heat from physicians if it tries to pull it off the market". ...Health clubs not fit for cardiac emergencies
...nd compliance with the recommendations. There is a lot more that health clubs can do than simply call 911, says McInnis. Besides having a written medical emergency response plan, club staff should routinely practice the plan. Staff members should be certified in CPR, know how to recognize and respond ...Heart attack help: Program helps boost use of key therapies in hospitals
...ack victims ANN ARBOR, MI - Heart experts know a lot about what heart attack patients need: aspirin and clot-busters in the emergency room; drugs like ACE inhibitors, beta blockers and cholesterol fighters; tests and procedures like angiography; and advice on diet, exercise and smoking. But at many hos...Preventing radiation damage in popular medical technique
...ts and medical personnel. "We suspect there are a lot more injuries, and we want to get the word out on how to avoid them," he says. Unfortunately, many medical practitioners may be unaware that these radiation-based tissue injuries are created, says Wagner, who will show a sequence of them at a weeklo......chnique," says Lardo, "which means that there is a lot of anatomic ambiguity. It's very difficult to know... know precisely where the catheter is so we gain a lot of confidence in being able to put the lesion in the right spot. Not only that, but we have a way to...Injuries on the job: the effects of problem drinking
...dual effects of heavy drinking have not received a lot of attention from alcohol researchers. There are, however, exceptions and some experimental studies have shown 'hangover effects' for injury. This paper adds to the small but important literature on residual effects of heavy drinking on worker perf...Alcohol and drug treatment among HMO patients
...who drinks himself to sleep each night, there is a lot of serious, illegal drug use among middle-class people who have HMO coverage. In other words, it is not just poor people who get into serious trouble with substances like cocaine and heroin. Even among 'nice' middle-class people who have HMO covera...Study: Drinking in fraternities, sororities doesn't necessarily continue after college
..., contrary to popular belief, students who drink a lot as part of fraternity and sorority life do not necessarily keep drinking at that level after they have finished college, a unique new study shows. Many "Greek" graduates appear to moderate their drinking once they leave campus. Belonging to and p...Teenagers, drinking and driving: a quick trip to the grave
...ally in ways that are socially responsible, when a lot of these kids are looking for ways to be socially ...grams are just a drop in the bucket when there's a lot of other stuff going on in a young person's life. You can't really expect a whole lot of change fro...New program shown to help heart attack patients get the best care
...ients are not all-knowing," says Eagle. "We have a lot of information that's always changing, we're often in a rush, and it's very easy to forget simple things in the heat of the moment. As a result, many patients don't get all the guideline-recommended treatments, even for something as common as heart a...Harvard chemist wins national award for creating new molecules
...ommercialize this and other processes. "It takes a lot more than a good reaction in the laboratory," he said he learned first thing. "In my opinion, Jacobsen has established himself as the premier young reaction designer of his generation," wrote a colleague to support his nomination for the award. J...UNC study shows family-directed program can reduce adolescent tobacco, alcohol use
... in white teens for at least a year and possibly a lot longer, they say. When all teens in the study were included, the reduction was 16.4 percent. The effort also helped discourage alcohol use. "We had a national sample of pairs of adolescents and parents, which we randomly assigned to receive t...New materials could mean longer lasting artificial hips
...s synovial fluid. He found that the material had a lot less friction than untreated polyethylene. ... that have similar mechanical properties but are a lot less hydrophobic." He is currently investigating polyethylene derivatives....Hopkins researcher finds retroviral 'footprint' in brains of people with schizophrenia
...ion and environmental triggers, says that while "a lot of cases of schizophrenia probably arent associated with retroviruses, we found a significant portion of people with schizophrenia for whom this is the case."...NIAID events highlight global health research
...ue at the number above. Attendees can park in the lot between the Twinbrook buildings.......al health. Ten years ago, Heather Wren, received a lot of publicity for a composition that prevents cockroaches from reproducing. Now, the so-called "cockroach birth-control pill" has been licensed by Cleary Chemical Inc., who is marketing it as "Roach Terminal." Retired from Virginia Tech but still ...Medical system pays little attention to behavior counseling
...xplains, "Advice from doctors and nurses carries a lot of weight with most people, and the impact of that advice increases when the professional is chosen by the individual and the advice is personal." The study, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examined the roles of physician training, ...Rutgers researchers developing technology to help New Jersey farmers "grow" pharmaceuticals
...lant that's very active during rainy season when a lot of fungi are growing around it," notes Raskin. "A plant produces the compound to protect it from the fungal pathogens, but only when these pathogens are around." While stressing technology offers promise, the greatest medical revolution may ...... area for future research. His study has set up a lot of important questions to pursue next." "We as a society are fortunate to have a developed system of self-help organizations that do not cost the taxpayer or the health-care system a dime," said Humphreys. "Organizations like AA not only reduce h...